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log using "C:\Users\hongj\Dropbox\Administration of UI Programs in the American States (Ji-Hyeun Hong)\Administrative Inequality Bias (Paper #1)\Data Replication File Materials (JPART)\Output\Administrative Bias.APPENDIX E.02-01-2026.smcl", replace 



*** Retrieve "ADMINISTRATIVE BIAS" MANUSCRIPT Statistical Database [07-07-2025]  ***

use "C:\Users\hongj\Dropbox\Administration of UI Programs in the American States (Ji-Hyeun Hong)\Administrative Inequality Bias (Paper #1)\Data Replication File Materials (JPART)\Data\Admin_Bias.MANUSCRIPT DATABASE.07-07-2025.dta", clear





*** SET DATA TO PANEL STRUCTURE  ***

xtset state_numident year, yearly

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** BETWEEN-WITHIN STATISTICS FOR APPOINTMENT VARIABLES **

xtsum gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled4  gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled3 




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****  COMPARISON OF REPORTED MODELS TO THOSE ALLOWING FOR DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS BY REGION [SOUTH AND MIDWEST: WEST NORTH CENTRAL (I.E. GREAT PLAINS") VERSUS ALL OTHER STATES/REGIONS  (NORTHEAST, WEST, MIDWEST: EAST NORTH CENTRAL)]  **** 


*** GENERATE REGIONAL BINARY INDICATOR SOUTH AND MIDWEST: WEST NORTH CENTRAL (I.E. GREAT PLAINS") VS. ALL OTHER STATES/REGIONS] **

gen s_mwwnc_region = 1 if region ==1 | region ==3
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replace s_mwwnc_region = 0 if s_mwwnc_region ==.
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tab region s_mwwnc_region




*** NOTE: PERFORM PAIRWISE REGRESSIONS ON SAME GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY MEASURE BETWEEN "SAI_DETAMT_CLMTREAL" DEPENDENT VARIABLES [I.E., MODELS E1 & E2 / MODELS E3 & E4] ***






*** MODELS E1 & E2: BENEFIT OVERPAYMENT ERROR DETECTION BY STATE UIP AGENCY-INITIATION [CLAIMANT-/NON-FRAUD] -- AMOUNTS IN 2010 CONSTANT-DOLLAR TERMS - DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY: NON-PARTISAN DISTINCTION *  



*** NON-PARTISAN BASELINE MODELS [MODELS E1 & E2]: DISTINCTION BETWEEN GUBERNATORIAL DIRECT APPOINTMENT POWERS VERSUS ABSENCE OF SUCH INSTITUTIONAL POWERS [BINARY INDICATOR MEASURE] ***
*** gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled4==0 [ABSENCE OF DIRECT GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT POWERS] &  gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled4==1 [DIRECT GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT POWERS] ***





*** MODELS E1 & E2 *** 




** M1* **

eststo: glm  sai_detamt_clmtreal i.gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled4  electionyear econideol_median  publicunion_cov  unemp_rate  ln_uiadmin_budget_real ln_pop_size  ln_clmterror_est ln_employerappeals_ct  i.state_numident i.year,  family(normal) link(log) vce(cluster state_numident)
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estat ic
*
* 
*

** ME1 **

eststo: glm  sai_detamt_clmtreal i.s_mwwnc_region##i.gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled4  electionyear econideol_median  publicunion_cov  unemp_rate  ln_uiadmin_budget_real ln_pop_size  ln_clmterror_est ln_employerappeals_ct  i.state_numident i.year,  family(normal) link(log) vce(cluster state_numident)
*
estat ic
*
testparm 1.s_mwwnc_region s_mwwnc_region#gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled4


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* -2*(LL) Test * 
display -2*(-17598.72 - -17598.66)
display chi2tail(2,0.12)
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* AIC DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN ME1 [UNRESTRICTED] AND M1 [RESTRICTED] MODEL SPECIFICATIONS  *
display 35265.32-35265.44
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* BIC DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN ME 1 [UNRESTRICTED] AND M1 [RESTRICTED] MODEL SPECIFICATIONS  *
display  35432.15-35432.27 

*
*


** M2* **

eststo: glm sai_detamt_clmtreal  i.gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled4  electionyear econideol_median  publicunion_cov  unemp_rate  ln_uiadmin_budget_real ln_pop_size  ln_clmterror_est ln_employerappeals_ct  i.state_numident i.year  if nonpartisan_gubapprove!=1,  family(normal) link(log) vce(cluster state_numident)

*
estat ic
*
* 
*





** ME2 **

eststo: glm  sai_detamt_clmtreal  i.s_mwwnc_region##i.gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled4  electionyear econideol_median  publicunion_cov  unemp_rate  ln_uiadmin_budget_real ln_pop_size  ln_clmterror_est ln_employerappeals_ct  i.state_numident i.year  if nonpartisan_gubapprove!=1,  family(normal) link(log) vce(cluster state_numident)
*
estat ic
*
testparm 1.s_mwwnc_region s_mwwnc_region#gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled4

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*
* -2*(LL) Test *
display -2*(-16792.67 - -16792.59)
display chi2tail(2, 0.16)
*
*
* AIC DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN ME2 [UNRESTRICTED] AND M2 [RESTRICTED] MODEL SPECIFICATIONS * 
display 33653.18 - 33653.34 
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* BIC DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN ME2 [UNRESTRICTED] AND M2 [RESTRICTED] MODEL SPECIFICATIONS * 
display  33818.37 -  33818.53 





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*** MODELS E3 & E4: PARTISAN BASELINE MODELS -- DISTINCTION BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL DIRECT APPOINTMENT POWERS VERSUS ABSENCE OF SUCH INSTITUTIONAL POWERS [THREE GROUP CATEGORICAL MEASURE] ***





*** PARTISAN BASELINE MODELS: DISTINCTION BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL DIRECT APPOINTMENT POWERS VERSUS ABSENCE OF SUCH INSTITUTIONAL POWERS  [THREE GROUP CATEGORICAL MEASURE] ***
*** gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled3==0 [ABSENCE OF DIRECT GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT POWERS] &  gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled3==1 [REPUBLICAN DIRECT GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT POWERS: CONSTRAINED & UNCONSTRAINED COMBINED] & gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled3==2 [DEMOCRATIC DIRECT GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT POWERS: CONSTRAINED & UNCONSTRAINED COMBINED] ***





*** MODELS E3 & E4: BENEFIT OVERPAYMENT ERROR DETECTION BY STATE UIP AGENCY-INITIATION [CLAIMANT-/NON-FRAUD] -- AMOUNTS IN 2010 CONSTANT-DOLLAR TERMS --- DISTINCTION BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL DIRECT APPOINTMENT POWERS VERSUS ABSENCE OF SUCH INSTITUTIONAL POWERS [THREE GROUP CATEGORICAL MEASURE] ***





** M3* **

eststo: glm  sai_detamt_clmtreal  i.gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled3  electionyear econideol_median  publicunion_cov  unemp_rate  ln_uiadmin_budget_real ln_pop_size ln_clmterror_est ln_employerappeals_ct  i.state_numident i.year,  family(normal) link(log) vce(cluster state_numident)
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estat ic
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testparm i.year
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*



** ME3 **

eststo: glm sai_detamt_clmtreal  i.s_mwwnc_region##i.gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled3  electionyear econideol_median  publicunion_cov  unemp_rate  ln_uiadmin_budget_real ln_pop_size ln_clmterror_est ln_employerappeals_ct  i.state_numident  i.year,  family(normal) link(log) vce(cluster state_numident)
*
estat ic
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testparm 1.s_mwwnc_region s_mwwnc_region#gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled3

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* -2*(LL) Test * 
display -2*(-17532.65 - -17532.27)
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display chi2tail(2, 0.76)
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* AIC DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN  ME3 [UNRESTRICTED] AND M3 [RESTRICTED] MODEL SPECIFICATIONS * 
display 35128.55 - 35129.30
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* BIC DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN  ME3 [UNRESTRICTED] AND M3 [RESTRICTED] MODEL SPECIFICATIONS * 
display  35285.56 - 35286.32  
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*
*






** M4* **

eststo: glm sai_detamt_clmtreal  i.gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled3  electionyear econideol_median  publicunion_cov  unemp_rate  ln_uiadmin_budget_real ln_pop_size ln_clmterror_est ln_employerappeals_ct  i.state_numident i.year if nonpartisan_gubapprove!=1,  family(normal) link(log) vce(cluster state_numident)
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estat ic
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* 
*




** ME4 **

eststo: glm sai_detamt_clmtreal  i.s_mwwnc_region##i.gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled3  electionyear econideol_median  publicunion_cov  unemp_rate  ln_uiadmin_budget_real ln_pop_size ln_clmterror_est ln_employerappeals_ct  i.state_numident i.year  if nonpartisan_gubapprove!=1,  family(normal) link(log) vce(cluster state_numident)
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estat ic
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testparm 1.s_mwwnc_region s_mwwnc_region#gubapptauth_partisan_rescaled3

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* -2*(LL) Test * 
display -2*(-16729.77 - -16729.36)
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display chi2tail(2, 0.81)
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* AIC DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN  ME4 [UNRESTRICTED] AND M4 [RESTRICTED] MODEL SPECIFICATIONS * 
display 33521.53 - 33524.72
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* BIC DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN  ME4 [UNRESTRICTED] AND M4 [RESTRICTED] MODEL SPECIFICATIONS * 
display 33672.15 - 33685.06


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cd "C:\Users\hongj\Dropbox\Administration of UI Programs in the American States (Ji-Hyeun Hong)\Administrative Inequality Bias (Paper #1)\JPART R&R\Statistics\Output Files"

esttab est1 est2 est3 est4 est5 est6 est7 est8  using TableE1.02-01-2026.rtf, ///
cells(b(star fmt(%9.3f)) se(par) p(fmt(3) par("[" "]"))) starl( * 0.10 ** 0.05 *** 0.010) replace

log close
 
 